meow

Meanings

Interjection

• The cry of a cat.
• Said in reply to a spiteful or catty comment.
• Said to denote seductiveness, mimicking a growl.

Noun

• The cry of a cat.
• The drug mephedrone.

Verb

• Of a cat, to make its cry.

Related

Similar words

• mew

Origin

• From Middle English meuen, mewen (cf. third-person singular form mouwis); onomatopoeic, with some spellings modelled on French miaou. Meow and its spelling variants entered widespread currency in the 19th century; before then, mew was more common.